ungeahnt
[ˈʊnɡəˌʔaːnt]
The verdict
“ungeahnt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Auswirkung her sich nicht vorhersehen lassend oder alle Erwartungen weit übertreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungeahnt · ungeahnt · German
ungeahnt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungeahnt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡəˌʔaːnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ungeahnt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ungeahnt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnɡəˌʔaːnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von der Auswirkung her sich nicht vorhersehen lassend oder alle Erwartungen weit übertreffend".
ungeahnt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ungeahnt, spelled U-N-G-E-A-H-N-T.
Definition
- 1von der Auswirkung her sich nicht vorhersehen lassend oder alle Erwartungen weit übertreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungeahnt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alexander von Humboldt brachte Guano nach Europa - mit ungeahnten globalen Folgen”
„Und eine nachträgliche Grundwasserabsenkung, wie von der Asfinag in Betracht gezogen, könne ungeahnte Auswirkungen auf die Oberflächengewässer im Nationalpark haben.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.